Education Week

What Makes for a Good Social Studies Curriculum?

Social studies is a vast discipline. Teaching basic economic principles, the critical civics knowledge how to register to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

In FX’s ‘Social Studies,’ Social Media Is “a Lifeline and a Loaded Gun” for L.A. Teenagers

Lauren Greenfield's five-part docuseries puts the lives of teenagers and what's happening on their cell phones on full display to interrogate its true value and detriment. By Kevin Dolak The trials of ...
The Harvard Crimson

Social Studies and Embracing Uncertainty

Manuel A. Yepes ’24, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Social Studies concentrator in Cabot House. The phrase “Social Studies” means many things to many people. For some, it evokes images of fourth ...
The Hechinger Report

Teaching social studies in a polarized world

Keynote speaker, journalist Carl Azuz speaks to educators from around the country at the annual National Council for the Social Studies conference in Nashville. Credit: Javeria Salman for The ...
Cleveland.com

DeWine wants to use social studies to teach Ohio kids to read and write

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine announced new social studies initiatives Wednesday, including using history, geography and civics content to teach students reading and writing skills. During his ...
Educators Technology

AI Tools for History and Social Studies Teachers

History and social studies classrooms run on stories, primary sources, and the ability to think critically about both. AI ...
University of Delaware

Social Studies Secondary Education Program

Schools across the nation are seeking to hire well trained, enthusiastic, and creative teachers who will inspire their students to become knowledgeable and engaged citizens. The Social Studies ...
Education Week

Social Studies and Science Get Short Shrift in Elementary Schools. Why That Matters

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...
WRAL

State Board of Education approves final 'unpacking documents' for new social studies standards

All North Carolina social studies teachers have new guidance for teaching social studies, to complement their new standards, via documents approved by the State Board of Education on Thursday. The ...
PBS

Social Studies Lessons

A group of all-star Arkansas teachers will share mini-lessons to help kids in kindergarten through 5th grade continue learning between school years. Meghan shares social studies lessons exploring some ...
The Conversation

Social studies as ‘neutral?’ That’s a myth, and pressures teachers to avoid contentious issues

University of Manitoba provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Manitoba provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. With a world literally and ...